Smithfield Cemetery
Eli Smith (1848-79), for whose family the town of Smithfield is named, came from Missouri to Texas about 1859. In the early 1870s he donated part of his farm for the cemetery. The oldest marked grave is that of an infant, Mattie J. Brownfield, who died on Oct. 13, 1872. More than seventy-five graves, including that of Eli Smith, date from the 1870s. Pioneer physician Lilburn Howard Colley (b. 1843), for whom nearby Colleyville is named, was interred here in 1924. Numerous Civil War veterans, including men from both the Union and Confederate Armies, are also buried here.
32.8687° N, 97.2112° W
Where to Find It
Smithfield Road, just north of intersection with Main Street, North Richland Hills.
Nearby Markers
- <0.1 mi N Alfred Madison Hightower N.Richland Hills
- <0.1 mi N Eli Smith N. Richland Hills
- 0.1 mi W Smithfield Methodist Church North Richland Hills
- 0.1 mi S Smithfield Baptist Church North Richland Hills
- 0.1 mi SE Smithfield Masonic Lodge No. 455 A.F. & A.M. North Richland Hills
- 0.1 mi SW Smithfield Church of Christ North Richland Hills